A delicious and easy recipe for a vegan Christmas banana bread with cranberries. This is the perfect recipe to use up over-ripe bananas.. This is a really tasty vegan banana bread recipe that's packed full of festive flavours.
We love a good banana bread recipe here at the Sneaky Veg house. I often buy extra bananas just so that we can make a loaf once they've started to go brown.
Banana bread is great because
- avoids food waste (by using brown bananas)
- freezes well
- easy to make vegan
- contains a portion of fruit
- goes well in lunch boxes (this recipe is nut free)
Banana bread but with festive flavours
This banana cranberry bread recipe is a little different as it contains Christmassy spices - mixed spice and cinnamon - plus some dried fruit. It's perfect to eat if you're feeling festive.
The extra dried fruit makes this banana bread chewy and sweet and the spices just add that little hint of Christmas - my husband said that this is the best banana bread I've ever made.
And he's had a lot to choose from like:
- this sweet potato banana bread with chocolate chips
- banana and strawberry bread (not vegan)
- no butter banana bread
- healthy banana bread
Is it easy to make vegan banana bread?
Banana bread is very easy to veganise. If you're new to vegan baking it's a great way to start.
Bananas are both naturally sweet and excellent at binding the cake together so you don't need any other egg replacement.
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Ingredients
For full recipe, ingredients and quantities go to the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
To make this Christmas-spiced banana and cranberry bread you will need the following ingredients:
- 175 g soft light brown sugar
- 250 g plain flour (or half white, half wholemeal or spelt)
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 100 ml water
- 100 ml maple syrup
- 100 ml sunflower oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 very ripe bananas mashed
- 50 g mixed dried fruit
- 50 g dried cranberries
How to make vegan Christmas banana bread
For full recipe, ingredients and quantities go to the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6. Grease and line a loaf tin with non-stick baking paper.
- Place all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Whisk the dry ingredients together.
4. Mash the bananas and set aside.
5. Heat the water, sunflower oil and maple syrup in a small pan until just starting to bubble, stirring often.
6. Add to the flour mixture. Pour over a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar.
7. Stir gently until combined.
8. Add the dried fruit, the cranberries and the mashed banana.
9. Mix well.
10. Transfer to your lined baking tin and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
11. Leave to cool in the tin (this helps it to stay together). Store in an airtight container for 3-5 days.
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Christmas banana bread (vegan)
Ingredients
- 175 g soft light brown sugar
- 250 g plain flour I used half white and half spelt
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 100 ml water
- 100 ml maple syrup
- 100 ml sunflower oil
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar or lemon juice or white wine vinegar
- 2 very ripe bananas mashed
- 50 g mixed dried fruit eg raisins, sultanas, candied peel
- 50 g dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6. Grease and base line a 1kg loaf tin with a sheet of baking parchment.
- Add 175g soft brown sugar, 250g plain flour, ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 1 teaspoon mixed spice and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon to a large bowl. Whisk gently until thoroughly combined.
- Place 100ml water, 100ml maple syrup and 100ml sunflower oil into a small saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring constantly so that it doesn't burn. As soon as it's just boiling pour it over the dry ingredients and stir well until combined.
- Add a tablespoon of cider vinegar and mix in.
- Stir in the 2 mashed bananas, 50g mixed dried fruit and 50g dried cranberries
- Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes to one hour* turning the tin around halfway until well risen and firm to the touch.
- Allow to cool in the tin.
Notes
- Cover the top with foil if it's getting overdone when the centre is still uncooked.
- Nutritional information is approximate and is intended as a guide only.
Nutrition
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Katy
I'm in the United States and I don't know what "mixed spice" is. Do you know what spices make it up? I would love to try the recipe.
Mandy Mazliah
Hi Katy - it's a mix of cinnamon, coriander, caraway, nutmeg, ground ginger and cloves - you could just use cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and it'll taste great.
Katy
Thank you Mandy,
I see that the British mixed spice blends are available on amazon. Also I found some recipes to make the spice blend on line.
Mandy Mazliah
Hope you enjoy!
Hila
We don't have Christmas..but I like bananas bread
Mandy Mazliah
No need to celebrate Christmas to enjoy this recipe!
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
I adore Christmas spices and this loaf looks so good! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Mandy Mazliah
Thanks so much Kirsty!
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain
Gorgeous! I love the idea of the spice and dried fruit in there Mandy,Angela x
Mandy Mazliah
Thanks Angela - I love these Christmas flavours X
shaheen
I do love a cranberry loaf this time of year, yum.
Mandy Mazliah
Thanks Shaheen - cranberries just shout Christmas to me!
Intolerant Gourmand
Oh this looks soooo good!! Please I can link to this fab recipe for our #freefromchristmas feast?! x
Mandy Mazliah
Of course! I'd be so pleased if you did. Thank you x
Nico @ yumsome
I haven't had banana bread since my kids grew up and left home - I just never think to make it any more. Yours looks so delicious though, I'm now tempted to make some again! <3
Mandy Mazliah
Thanks Nico - I think this recipe is really good - hope you enjoy it!